Steven O'Donnell | |
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Born | Steven O'Donnell, III 5 December 1980 New Zealand |
Occupation | Television presenter |
Known for | Good Game, Midnight Zoo |
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http://stevenodonnell.com/ |
Steven O'Donnell (born 5 December 1980) is a New Zealand-born naturalised, Australian television presenter and actor. He is best known as "Bajo", one of the presenters of the ABC video game review program Good Game. O'Donnell was born in New Zealand and grew up in Brisbane.[1]
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He completed his first lead role in an independent feature called Scratched (DigiSPAA film festival 2005) at the age of 20. He has since appeared in over 40 short films. After moving to Sydney in 2003, O'Donnell was cast in lead roles for the independent films Wango and Malloy and Suburban Boys.
In 2003, O'Donnell played a minor role as a lifeguard in the film Swimming Upstream.
In 2005, O'Donnell worked on the feature Almost with Salvatore Coco, Ada Nicodemou and Tony Barry. In 2006 Steven worked on the feature Schooner of Blood.
He hosted a live interactive quiz show on Seven Network, Midnight Zoo, in 2006.
He now works with the ABC in Sydney, writing for and co-hosting with Stephanie Bendixsen a gaming show called Good Game on ABC 2 and its children's version 'Good Game: Spawn Point' on ABC 3. For this show, he goes by the alias "Bajo". O'Donnell also contributes to the ABC's Radio Australia Program, Tech Stream with Ryan Egan and talks about gaming. He has also appeared in an Australian web series called Sharehouse Zombie Apocalypse, launched in April 2009. In December 2009, Steven has co-written the book, The Good Game Gamers' Guide to Good Gaming. In 2010, O'Donnell appeared briefly in the Australian television show, Review with Myles Barlow.
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Undead | Featured zombie | |
Swimming Upstream | Lifeguard | ||
2004 | Suburban Boys | Bob | Independent film |
2005 | Scratched | Donald | Independent film |
2006 | Wango and Malloy | Angus | Independent film |
2007 | Almost | William | Independent film |
Untitled/The Trees | Boyd / Narrator | Short film | |
The Catalpa Rescue | John Boyle O'Reilly | uncredited | |
2009 | Slaughtered | Jack |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | headLand | Student D | Series 1, Episode 23 |
2006 | Midnight Zoo | Himself | Presenter |
Stepfather of the Bride | Andre | Television movie | |
2007–present | Good Game | Himself | Presenter, Producer |
2010 | Review with Myles Barlow | Himself | Series 2, Episode 2 |
2010 – Present | Good Game: Spawn Point | Himself | Presenter |